Oddly, the original 427 development aircraft came to the UK for recreating into the stretched mockup for HAI. A contact of mine tracked it through LHR airfrieght on 7th December, with the paperwork showing Lutterworth nr Leicester as the destination - and it left LHR by road on 8th. Who is there that would do this work?
But it still raises questions to me, because of the cost of airfreight two ways and the fact that UK is very expensive to US companies at the moment.
Nr Fairy > The name "Bell 427XP" was also quoted on the paperwork, although the aircraft itself still carried the standard "Bell 427" name.